Gamecock Fanatics Official Game Thread
GAME DATE AND TIME: Saturday, Oct. 23rd 7:30 P.M.
LOCATION: Kyle Field, College Station, TX
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AUDIO BROADCAST: 107.5 The Game
LIVE STATS: Statbroadcast
Columbia, S.C. - The South Carolina Gamecocks Football team heads back out on the road to College Station, TX to take on the 17th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field this Saturday. The game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. (EST), and will be broadcast by the SEC Network.
The Gamecocks (4-3, 1-3) are coming off of their first conference win on the season, a come-from-behind 21-20 win over Vanderbilt in Columbia, S.C. The Texas A&M Aggies (5-2, 2-2) are coming off of a 35-14 win over Missouri in Columbia, MO.
SEC Network has the television broadcast with Tom Hart and Jordan Rodgers in the booth and Cole Cubelic on the sidelines. Kate Scott and Mike Golic have the national radio call for Learfield College Football Saturday Night. Todd Ellis and Tommy Suggs handle the call for the Gamecock Radio Network with Jamar Nesbit on the sidelines.
THE SERIES: This is the eighth gridiron meeting between South Carolina and Texas A&M. The Gamecocks are still looking for their first win over their "permanent" SEC Western Division rival from College Station. The two schools met for the first time in 2014 in Columbia, with A&M posting a 52-28 win in the season opener for both teams. The Aggies own a 4-0 record in Columbia and are 3-0 against the Gamecocks in College Station. Three of the seven games have been decided by seven points or less.
THE BONHAM TROPHY: Amateur historian Richard Peterson, a USC Broadcasting Journalism graduate and previous resident of Alamo Heights in San Antonio, Texas, recommended "The Governor's Trophy" to be named after James Butler Bonham, Hero of the Alamo and himself an Alum of The University of South Carolina. Peterson and Katon Dawson took the idea to then Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina and a new tradition was born. "The Bonham Trophy" is exchanged between the Governors of South Carolina and Texas with the winner taking possession of the Bonham Trophy of "Western Artwork," created by renowned Texas sculptor Jeff Gottfried, and displayed at the victorious State Capital, University or any location the Governor may choose. Two weeks after the Game, The Bonham Trophy is returned for permanent display at The Alamo until the next South Carolina - Texas A&M football game.
THE LAST TIME THEY MET: No. 7 Texas A&M rolled to a 48-3 win over South Carolina in Columbia on Nov. 7, 2020. The Aggies scored touchdowns on seven of 10 possessions, while holding a 530-150 advantage in yards and a 38:21-21:39 lead in time of possession.
THE LAST TIME THEY MET HERE: Texas A&M scored 17 points in the first nine minutes of the fourth quarter to break open a close contest in a 30-6 win over South Carolina on Nov. 16, 2019 in College Station. Kellen Mond threw for 221 yards and a touchdown and ran for a second score in the win. A&M rolled up 540 yards compared to just 260 for the Gamecocks, including a 319-45 advantage on the ground, as the Aggies controlled the time of possession, 41:39-18:21.
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